Kwakukho mntu uthile ugulayo, uLazaro. WayengowaseBhetani kuloMariya noMarta oodade wabo. UMariya lo ngulowa wayithambisayo iNkosi ngamafutha aqholiweyo, waza wazisula ngeenwele zakhe iinyawo zayo. Lo Lazaro wayegula wayengumnakwabo. Ke ngoko oodade wabo aba bathumela kuYesu, besithi: “Nkosi, umhlobo wakho uyagula.”
Akuyiva loo nto, wathi uYesu: “Oku kugula akuyi kuphelela ekufeni, koko kuya kubonakalisa amandla kaThixo, aze uNyana kaThixo abe nodumo.”
Ngoko ke, nangona uYesu wayebathanda ooMarta noMariya noLazaro, wahlala iintsuku zambini kuloo ndawo weva ekuyo ngokugula kukaLazaro. Emva koko wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Masiphinde siye kwelakwaJuda.”
Ke ngoko bathi kuye abafundi: “Mfundisi, ebesand' ukufuna ukukugibisela ngamatye nje amaJuda, ungáthini ukubuya uye khona?”
Wabaphendula uYesu wathi: “Ilanga liyavela, litshone, anditsho? Ke ukuba umntu uhamba emini, akakhubeki; kuba ukhanyiselwa lukhanyiso lweli hlabathi. Kodwa ukuba uhamba ebusuku, uyakhubeka; kuba akukho kukhanya kumkhanyiselayo.” Akuba etshilo, waqokela wathi: “Umhlobo wethu uLazaro ulele; ndisaya kumvusa.”
Baza bathi kuye abafundi: “Nkosi, ukuba ulele, uya kuvuka.”
Kanti ke uYesu wayethetha okokuba uLazaro uswelekile, kodwa bona babeba uthetha ukuthi ulele ubuthongo. Ke ngoko wabaxelela ngokuphandle, wathi: “ULazaro ufile; kodwa ngenxa yenu ndiyavuya ngokungabikho kwam khona, ukuze nikholwe. Ngoko ke, masiye kuye.”
Ke ngoko uTomas, uWele, wathi kwabanye abafundi: “Masiye nathi, size sife kunye naye.”
Kwathi akufika uYesu, wafumana ukuba uLazaro seleneentsuku ezine engcwatyiwe.
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